The McFaddin-Ward House
Historic House Museum in Beaumont, Texas
The year 2020 marks the centennial of several major 1920 historical events, including the women’s suffrage movement and the “Spanish Flu” pandemic. A new display in our Visitor Center exemplifies how Mamie McFaddin Ward and Ida Caldwell McFaddin embraced these events in history. In 1917, Ida went to New York City for training in bandage-making, …
Join us for the McFaddin-Ward House Annual Photo Shoot on Sunday, December 6th to have your holiday photo taken on the front porch of the museum. Photo reservation appointments will be available from noon – 3 p.m. A limited number of appointments are available so make your reservations early! A professional photographer will take three …
Key Dates Contest begins Monday, November 9th at 8 a.m. Contest ends Friday, November 13that 4 p.m. Grand Prize awarded on Saturday, November 14th at 11 a.m. Key Prize Retrievals: November 9th – 13th, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Keys to Participation 10 brass skeleton keys will be hidden at community locations. Clues will be …
The museum is looking forward to welcoming visitors back for tours in September 2020. Self-guided audio tours including the carriage house and gardens will comprise the first phase of the museum’s reopening plan with docent led tours beginning in Phase 2 later in the year. Please visit the website for tour updates.
The McFaddin-Ward House welcomes new board members. Leslie Wilson, PresidentIda McFaddin Pyle, Vice PresidentJames Potter, Second Vice PresidentMartha Hicks, SecretaryRoy Steinhagen, TreasurerJudy BlackLane Wilson
The McFaddin-Ward House Museum welcomes new staff members to the team: Bel Morian, Interim DirectorEmily Fischer, Collections Assistant
2020 Summer Internship Opportunity at the McFaddin-Ward House Museum The McFaddin-Ward House Museum, a historic house museum in Beaumont, Texas, is offering a paid summer internship in its collections department. Built 1905-1906, the Beaux-Arts Colonial mansion was the home of Mamie McFaddin Ward, who left it as a historic house museum in 1982. The museum, …
Now on display at our Visitor Center is a selection of brilliant glass pieces from the McFaddin-Ward House collection. The collection contains hundreds of glass objects that belonged to Ida Caldwell McFaddin and Mamie McFaddin Ward. Over 200 of these pieces hail from the Blenko Glass Company in West Virginia and Steuben Glass Works in …
